Search Interviews

Interviewed my mother who had dealt with hard times in her life, but was able to get to where she is.

My grandpa retells his story of his childhood life as a poor boy in Vietnam. With his parents passed away at a very young age, he stayed with his father’s best friend and pursed a career as a chef. He...

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Jen Waldman (Manhattan) on May 12, 2021. They discuss early dance recitals, teenage enterprising, getting messy with Musical Theater, YoungArts, and adapting the Jen Waldman Studio to a thriving virtual community.

Geoffrey Farris (33) speaks with his father, George Farris (73), about his life growing up in Ohio and California.

Kashton White, a 16 year old from Illinois, interviews Matt Berning, a 53 year old who is his mom’s boyfriend, about his life experiences and his time in the Navy.

Luke & Jordan enact a thought experiment of what a sustainable future will look like and how we got there. Specifically imagining being in the year 2030 having achieved carbon neutrality, Luke answers questions about how his community came together...

We talked about his life, and family.

The happy memories of my Grandma Norma's Past and her experience moving to the United States.

The participants in this interview were Melody Stephan (my grandma) and myself. My grandma’s age is 66 years old and my age is fifteen years old. The relationships that my grandma mentioned in the interview was her relationship with her...

Recently reconnected friends Huey-Min Chuang [no age given] and Mei-Yi Chen (51) share their childhood immigration and coming-of-age stories and what home means to them. They also talk about their current projects and what they hope for in their rekindled...

My dad talks about his experiences and memories around the time of the Vietnam War, with having to flee the country, and eventually reaching America. He experienced hardships in America too as he had to learn the language and create...

Hitchhiking across the country in the 1970s.

I talk to my Mom about what it was like growing up in the Philippines and what changed when she came to the US

Friends Stephanie Richard [no age given] and Susie Baldwin (54) discuss how they were able to impact the anti-trafficking field as an attorney and physician, respectively.

Wendell Scanterbury (51) interviews Phil Olson (64) about being both a patient and chaplain of Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia.

I sat down with my mom and talked about her life before and after she immigrated to America from Vietnam

Monica Ennis (61) has a conversation with her father, Wolfgang Lauck (94), about him growing up in Germany during World War II and immigrating to the United States.

Questions about youth, husband, son Nayo, coming to America

Part 2

I interviewed my mom, Ali, who is 43 years old. We talked about her childhood, her work, teachers that had an impact on her life and the worst thing she did as a child.

This is an interview on my grandmother and her time in the Vietnam war. She talks about her experience there as well as how it impacted her life before and after the war.

Growing up in the small town of Kamloops, B.C., Canada is described my mother through the lens of her childhood perspective. She details her experiences in school and home along with relationships she has had with the people growing up.

Pari Desai interviews her father on his experience. List of questions will be attached in the email.

Mark Aldrich shares his military experiences in the Army, including tours of duty and the current political environment.

For almost 20 years, the Idaho Cultivating Success Program has provided production, marketing and business education for sustainable small farms and ranches across Idaho. Most recently, Idaho Cultivating Success launched a new program, Idaho Farm Link, connecting beginning farmers seeking...